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Summary Of The Upside Down Kingdom By Donald B Karybill

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In the book, The Upside-Down Kingdom by Donald B. Karybill is designed to have a better understanding how the kingdom of God is announced by Jesus appeared upside-down in the first-century and explains the upside-down it is today. The author’s basic thesis is to allow read-ers to make Jesus messages clear of the kingdom and provide readers to understand where He was going with his message. Karybill argument is well organized and has a strong way to back up his information provided, it is supported from scriptures said by Jesus apostles and Jesus himself. Donald B. Karybill mentions he has spoken of the Old Testament rather than Hebrew Bible. Karybill writing is coming from a Christian perspective Karybill quotes “I write as a Christian within the two- testament tradition and thus use the Old Testament able but do it with genuine respect for its central role in Jewish faith and practice”(Kraybill, D. 2011). …show more content…

Karybill covers two key ques-tion what do we do with Jesus and his upside-down kingdom? Karybill perspective how we see Jesus is quite positive, Karybill mentions it is hard to see Jesus because he comes to us in story-books, bumper sticker, or theological words we cannot understand and most important through culture. Karybill goal is to tell “Jesus story as carefully and creatively as possible, as Jesus did with the parables, letting the listeners apply the meaning to their own setting”(Kraybill, D. 2011). Karybill reminds the readers the kingdom of God will have a different predictive depending on our culture setting. Karybill book have touched thousands of readers including prisoners, profes-sors, pastors, students and people from different cultures. Karybill book is designed to change our life and our perspective tours

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